Shoe-buckle.



W. S. BEGHTOLD.

SHOE BUCKLE.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 21, 1912.

1,124,585. Patented Jan. 12, 1915 THE NORRIS PETERS CO4. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D, C.

. TATES WILLIAM S. IBECI-ITOLD, OF NEWARK, NEIN JERSEY.

SHOE-BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dan. 12, 1915.

Application filed .Tune 21, 1912. Serial No. 704,974.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. BEGH- ToLD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Buckles, of which the following is a specilication.

The invention relates to shoe-buckles; and it has for its object to provide the buckle with means whereby it may be readily attached to the shoe and also caused to project forwardly or stand out therefrom; and, furthermore, in connection with such means to provide a member between the same and the back of the buckle which shall removably, but securely, hold the usual filler to the back of the buckle.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention-Figure 1 is a plan of the buckle with filler inserted. Fig. 2 is a plan of the underside of the buckle with filler inserted. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 3-3, Fig. 1 with filler removed. Figs. 4 and 5 are similar sections illustrating modifications.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the buckle shown is of the colonial style, although any other suitable form may be employed; and the face-plate 10 thereof is cut away to form a rectangular opening 1l through which the filler 12 is displayed and which projects also bevond the ends of the face-plate.

To secure the buckle to the shoe, I provide an attaching member 13, preferably triangular in form, and which is provided with suitable holes 14 through which a thread may be passed to sew the buckle to the shoe. In making the attaching member of triangular form, either of the two inclined sides may be attached to the shoe; and the degree of inclination of the same will determine the extent to which the buckle is caused to stand out from the shoe. IThe end portions of the horizontal side of member 13 are secured to the face-plate 10 by suitable means; and the unattached intermediate portion is formed into a tongue 15, Figs.

d and 4, or removed entirely over the opening l1, Fig. 5, leaving merely at each end projections 1G raised slightly above the back of the face-plate 10. These projections, as well as the tongue 15, possess sufficient resiliency to firmly hold the filler 12 to the faceplate 10, but permit at the same time the ready removal of such i'iller if it be desired to alter the same or to substitute aanother therefor.

I claim l. A shoe buckle, comprising: a face plate; a member rigidly connected thereto, projecti ing from the back thereof and adapted for attachment to a shoe; and a resilient holding member integral therewith and extendn ing between said attaching member' and the back of said face plate to coperate with the latter to hold a filler thereto.

2. Ashoe buckle, comprising; a face plate; a strip of suitable material rigidly connected to the back thereof transversely to the same, projecting therefrom and provided with eyelets for attachment to a shoe; and a resilient holding tongue integral with said projecting member and extending under the same to coperate with the back of said face plate to hold a filler thereto.

3. A shoe buckle, comprising: a face plate; a triangular attaching member projecting from the back thereof; and a resilient holding member integral therewith and extending between said attaching member and the back of said face plate to cooperate with the latter to retain a filler.

4. Ashoe-buckle, comprising: a face-plate; a triangular attaching member secured along portions of one side of the attaching member and transversely to the back of said face plate, the unsecured intermediate portion of said side being cut to provide a resilient holding member coperating with the back of the face-plate.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York. and State of New York, this 19th day of June, A. D. 1912.

LAURA E. SMITH, FREDK. F. SCHUETZ.

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